Report on the health of the Borough of Bethnal Green during the year 1926 page 45

Bethnal Green 1926

Report on the health of the Borough of Bethnal Green during the year 1926

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The Infantile Mortality figure of 71.1 per 1,000
births is the second lowest on record for Bethnal Green,
the previous record having been 68.7 in 1923.

Table: Infantile Mortality in Bethnal Green in 1926.

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Infantile Mortality in Bethnal Green in 1926.

Cause of Death	Under 1 week	1-2 weeks	2-3 weeks	3-4 weeks	Total under4 weeks	4 weeks & under 3 months	3 months & under 6 months	6 months & under 9 months	9 months & under 12 months	Total Deaths under 1 year	Rate per 1000 Births
Small-pox	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Chicken-pox	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Measles	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	5	9	14	5.6
Scarlet Fever	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Whooping Cough	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Diphtheria and Croup						1	1	..	..	..	..
Erysipelas	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Tuberculous Meningitis (30)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Abdominal Tuberculosis (31)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	1	3	1.2
Other Tuberculous Diseases	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	1	..	2	.8
Meningitis (not Tuberculous) (61)	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	..	..	2	.8
Convulsions (71)	1	..	..	1	2	1	..	..	..	3	1.2
Laryngitis (87B)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Bronchitis	1	..	2	..	3	3	4	..	..	10	4.0
Pneumonia (all forms) (91 & 92)	1	1	..	..	2	3	7	9	5	26	10.4
Diarrhœa (104 B, E & f)	..	..	..	..	..	2	5	1	..	8	3.2
Enteritis (104 A, C, D & G)	..	1	1	..	2	6	10	3	5	26	10.4
Gastritis (103A)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Syphilis	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Rickets (36A)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Suffocation, overlying	1	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	1	.4
Injury at birth (152C)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Atelectasis (152B)	3	1	..	..	4	..	..	..	..	4	1.6
Congenital Malformations (150)	3	..	1	..	4	2	..	2	..	8	3.2
Premature Birth (151A)	27	3	3	3	36	1	..	..	..	37	14.7
Atrophy, Debility and Marasmus (151B)	3	..	1	2	6	8	5	1	1	21	8.4
Other Causes	1	..	1	1	3	1	2	3	4	13	5.4
Totals	41	6	9	7	63	27	36	27	25	178	71.1

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Net Births in
the year
legitimate 2447
illegitimate 54
Net Deaths in
the year
legitimate infants 168
illegitimate infants 10
Note.—The numbers given in brackets after certain causes of death indicate the numbers of
the corresponding headings in the detailed International List of Causes of Death, 1909.

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Table: Infantile Mortality in Bethnal Green in 1926.

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